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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED! Outstanding Drumming Performers Wanted! Owing to the massive success of Spark!, we are looking for four dynamic and energetic performers to join our team from Autumn 2014. Spark! is a high-tech extravaganza of amazing drumming, stunning costumes, dynamic choreography and – LIGHT! Lots of light!...

Next stop Issoudun, France Spark! are performing as part of the Fetes de la Tour Blanche on Saturday night. This looks like a great festival, with a unique take on “Britishness” and what that means. This festival is in its 20th year and celebrates King 1 Richard the Lionheart, who is...

The Spark! team are on their way to Morocco at the moment for shows this Saturday, then onto Issoudun in France the weekend after. The new show Blast! is also going down well at the T20 Cricket shows. Daytime photo by me, Kate Maines-Beasley Night time photos by Dan Brady,...

We have just launched a new show Blast! and the team are playing drums at the T20 Cricket at Nottinghamshire right now. Look out for them if you have Sky Sports! Photo: Blast! performers before their shows at the T20 Cricket which is happening right now. We are excited to...

I have just left the Linskill Centre, where the auditions for drummers for our Blast! project are happening today. There are 14 talented people playing drums right now in the hope of being selected and securing some fabulous percussion work over the summer. Exciting! We wish them all the very...

Spark! had a great time at Maker Faire at Life last weekend. We particularly enjoyed meeting the daleks and the interactions with the audience in our native North East England. Here are some photo highlights: If you would like to see the full set of photos I took of Spark!...

Spark! are delighted to be part of the Maker Faire at Life in our native north east this weekend Image of Spark! in Beijing by Parminder Singh, used with kind permission. Spark! perform at 2 pm on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April. They are doing one show per day,...

Please note: applications are now closed! This page is for info only. We are thrilled to be looking for up to 10 new drumming performers to join our team for a special project this summer – “Project Blast!” If you are successful in auditioning for the Blast! team, you...

Here at Spark! HQ we love nothing more than seeing individual reactions to our show. There are no two audiences the same, and no two responses the same. It’s often the children who are fearless in their eye contact and interest in the Spark! characters, as you can see in...

The Spark! team are having a very busy few weeks. They performed in Doha last weekend, then on to Liverpool and London for two shows in one day on Monday 31st March. They had about 14 hours back in the UK, before getting up at 2:30 am on Wednesday to...